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1824 JAMAICA ALMANAC

CIVIL LISTS

PUBLIC OFFICERS

Agent in Great Britain, George Hibbert, Esq. £1000

Auditor-General and Surveyor of the Revenues, Hon. James Stewart, £210

Commissioners of Stamp-Duties, John T. G. Harris,

William George Nunes, Esqrs. £800 each.

Island Storekeeper, William Bullock, Esq. £500

Surveyor of Public Works and Island Engineer, Capt. George Barney, Royal Engineers.

Island Barrackmaster-General, Brevet-Major Henry Boone Hall, half-pay.

Island Botanist, --------Fitzgibbon, M.D. £500

Printers to his Majesty, Messrs. Alexander Aikman and Son.

Public Messenger, William Bullock, Esq., £500

Interpreter and Translator of Foreign Languages to the Courts of Equity and Justice, Mr. Joseph Desnoues.

Secretary of the Island and Notary Public, William Bullock, Esq.

His Deputies, £70 each:

At Morant Bay - Newall Berwick, Esq.

At Port Antonio - Robert Mein, Esq.

At Annotto Bay - John Denne Smith, Esq.

At Port Maria - Godfrey Wharram, Esq.

At St. Ann's Bay - Bennett William Smith, Jr., Esq.

At Falmouth - Edward Hoole, Esq.

At Montego Bay - Samuel Anderson, Esq.

At Lucea - James Keys, Esq.

At Savanna-la-Mar - John Pritchard, Esq.

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Receiver-General and Public Treasurer, Robert B. Muirhead, Esq. £7000

His Deputies, £70 each:

At Morant Bay - Newall Berwick, Esq.

At Port Antonio - Augustus Hamilton, Esq.

At Annotto Bay - John Denne Smith, Esq.

At Port Maria - William James Murphy, Esq.

At St. Ann's Bay - Thomas Raffington, Esq.

At Falmouth - Edward Hoole, Esq.

At Montego Bay - Henry Fray, Esq.

At Lucea - James Keys, Esq.

At Savanna-la-Mar - John Pritchard, Esq.

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Naval Officer and Clerk of the Navy - George Atkinson, Esq.

His Deputies, £70 each:

At Morant Bay - Newall Berwick, Esq.

At Port Antonio - Robert Mein, Esq.

At Annotto Bay - John Denne Smith, Esq.

At Port Maria - Godfrey Wharram, Esq.

At St. Ann's Bay - Bennett William Smith, Jr., Esq.

At Falmouth - Edward Hoole, Esq.

At Montego Bay - William Ewart, Esq.

At Lucea - Robert Kerr, Esq.

At Savanna-la-Mar - John Pritchard, Esq.

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Provost-Marshal-General, Anthony Davis, Esq.

Deputy-Marshall for the precinct of St. Catherine - Francis Owen, Esq.

For the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and Vere - William Ayton, Esq.

For St. Ann's and St. Mary's - James Townson, Esq.

For Kingston, Port Royal and St. Andrew's - William Rose, Esq.

For St. Thomas' in the East, St. David's, Portland and St. George's - John Mackay, Esq.

For St. Elizabeth's, Westmorland, and Hanover - W. Salmon, Esq.

For St. James' and Trelawny - Harry Reid, Esq.

OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS

Kingston

Acting Collector, William MacDowall Cavan, Esq.

Comptroller, Augustus Gould, Esq.

Land and Tide Surveyor, John Roby, Esq.

Surveyor and Admeasurer of British Shipping, Edward Manning Paplay, Esq.

Waiters and Searchers,

George Morey,

James Stewart Innes

Robert Mackglashan

Robert Ross

Edward M. Paplay, Esqrs.

Additional Tide-Waiter and Searcher under the Alien Act, James Stewart Innes, Esq.

Morant Bay

Collector, Robert Gordon, Jr. Esq.

Comptroller, Joseph Graham, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, Adolphus Thomas Henry Howell, Esq.

Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, Newall Berwick, Esq.

Port Antonio

Collector, Aug. Hamilton, Esq.

Comptroller, John William Jacobs, Esq.

Acting Waiter and Searcher, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, David Gordon, Esq.

Annotto Bay

Collector, John P. Hood, Esq.

Comptroller, John Denne Smith, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping James Ellison, Esq.

Port Maria

Collector, Abraham Levien, Esq.

Acting Comptroller, David Finlay, Esq.

Acting Waiter and Searcher, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, Mr. Andrew J. Roberts

St. Ann's Bay

Collector, George Gillies, Esq.

Comptroller, Bennett W. Smith, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, Bennett William Smith, Jr. Esq.

Falmouth

Collector, John George Nathaniel Gibbes, Esq.

Comptroller, Francis Jones Forbes, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, Mr. John Pigott

Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, Mr. Robert Gilpin

Montego Bay

Collector, Thomas Grant, Esq.

Comptroller, Patrick Green, Esq.

Waiter and Searcher, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, William Ewart, Esq.

Lucea

Collector, James Brodie, Esq.

Acting Comptroller, Samuel Allpress, Esq.

Acting Waiter and Searcher, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, Alexander Chambers, Esq.

Savanna-la-Mar

Collector, Lyndon Howard Evelyn Esq.

Acting Comptroller, and Surveyor and Admeasurer of Shipping, John Pritchard, Esq.

Land Waiter and Searcher, John Dobson, Esq.

Solicitor, *John Lynch, Esq.

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BOARD OF FORTS AND FORTIFICATIONS

Commissioners, The Governor, President and Members of the Council, and Speaker and Members of the Assembly; five of whom form a Committee.

Clerk, William Bullock, Esq.

BOARD OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Commissioners, The Speaker and Members of the Assembly for the time being; five of whom form a Quorum.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

Commissioners, The Governor, President and Members of the Council, Speaker and Members of the Assembly, Chief-Justice, and Attorney General, for the time being; five of whom form a Committee.

Clerk, William Hewitt, Esq.

COMMISSIONERS OF CORRESPONDENCE

President and Members of the Council, and Speaker and Members of the Assembly.

Clerk, Herbert Jarrett James, Esq.

ECCLESIASTICAL COURT

TO EXERCISE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AND CONTROLL.

Instituted April 5, 1800

The livings are in the Appointment of the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor for the time being. The candidates must have taken Deacons' and Priests' Orders, and been ordained agreeably to law.

Commissaries, Rev. Alexander Campbell,

Rev. Thomas Simcockes,

Rev. Isaac Mann, A.M.

Rev. Lewis Bowerbank,

Rev. Thomas P. Williams, and

Rev. John McTrew.

Registrar, William Andrews, Esq.

Apparitor, Mr. John Stanbury

FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF CLERGYMEN

Trustees, President of the Council, Speaker of the Assembly, Chief Justice, Attorney-General, Members for St. Catherine's and Kingston, Rectors of Port Royal, St. Catherine's, Kingston, St. Andrew's, and St. Elizabeth; five of whom form a Committee

Treasurer, Robert B. Muirhead, Esq.

Clerk, Mr. Robert Davies

A deduction of 10 per cent is made from the stipends of the Rector (£420 each per annum) to support the above Fund.

SURVEYORS IN COMMISSION

Robert Baugh

Joseph Bryant

William Campbell

Francis J. French

John Gautier

William S. Greene

Benjamin Hayes

James Jones

Edward McGeachy

Philip A. Morris

Samuel Morris

George C. Pottinger

Thomas Petgrave

Francis Ramsay

John Scarlett

Alexander Stevenson

Nicholas Smith

David Walker

Richard Weightman, Esqrs.

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MAROONS

Moore-Town - Portland

Superintendent - George Fuller, Captain in the Militia, March 10, 1808, £200.

Maroons, Men 99, women 125, boys 25, girls 20, children 157; total 426

Accompong-Town - St. Elizabeth's

Superintendent - Mr. Philip Smith, £200

Maroons, Men 79, women 64, boys 59, girls 85, children 11, superannuated 2; total 300.

Scot's Hall - St. Mary's

Superintendent - Thomas March, Captain in the Militia, Oct. 31, 1806, £200

Maroons, Men 17, women 15, boys 4, girls 7, children 25; total 68.

Charles Town - St. George's

Superintendent - Robert Gray, Esq. £200

Maroons, Men 78, women 104, boys 24, girls 7 children 100, superannuated 13, non-resident 40; total 366.

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GENERAL POST OFFICE

Deputy Postmaster-General, William Jekyll Anstey, Esq.

Inspector, John Morce, Esq.

Assistants, Messrs. John Scotland

Thomas Holt

James B. Hall

Solicitors, Messrs. *Lynch and Myers

POSTMASTERS

Portland

Annotto Bay, Mr. Thomas Sills

Buff Bay, Mr. Edward Burgess

Hope Bay, Mr. William C. Scott

Port Antonio, John Gough, Esq.

Northside

Rodney Hall, Mr. Thomas Edbury

Highgate, Mr. Francis Meade

Port Maria, Mr. D. Campbell

Moneague, Mrs. Fergus

Ragnals, William Oldaker, Esq.

Ocho Rios, Mr. Andrew Dollar

Salt Gut, Mr. James Hobson

St. Ann's Bay, Mr. Israel Lemon

Runaway Bay, Mr. Henry Tapper

Alexandria, David Chrystie, Esq.

Dry Harbour, William Codner, Esq.

Rio Bueno, Mr. James Innerarity

Falmouth, Mr. Robert McClelland

Little River, Mr. Andrew Young

Montego Bay, Henry Shergold, Esq.

Flint River, Mr. John Marley Watson

Lucea, Henry Coote, Esq.

Green Island, Mr. Francis Henry

Southside to Windward

St. David's, Mr. William Graham

Morant Bay, Mr. Joseph Williams

Port Morant, Mr. William Hewett

Bath, Mr. William Wilson

Manchioneal, Mr. James Baylis

Southside to Leeward

Spanish Town, Mr. E. Melhado

Vere, Mr. William Baldwin

Old Harbour,*

Clarendon, Mr. George S. Piper

Chapelton, Mr. Benjamin Binger

Mile Gully, *

Green Pond, Mr. James Williamson

May Hill, Mr. William Peart

Goshen, Mr. John W. Sloly

Lacovia, John Holliday, Esq.

Black River, Mr. John Taylor

Robin's River, *

Savanna-la-Mar, John Pritchard, Esq.


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